Meridian, Idaho Demographics

Meridian is 2nd in Idaho out of 28 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Meridian is 3rd in Idaho out of 32 other cities in Current population (2012)

Meridian is 3rd in Idaho out of 32 other cities in Households

Meridian is 3rd in Idaho out of 32 other cities in Housing units

Meridian is 3rd in Idaho out of 32 other cities in Income per household

Meridian is 4th in Idaho out of 29 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Meridian is 4th in Idaho out of 30 other cities in Retail sales

Meridian is 4th in Idaho out of 32 other cities in Home median value

Meridian is 4th in Idaho out of 32 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Meridian is 4th in Idaho out of 32 other cities in Race - Asian

Size Demographics
	Meridian	Rank	Idaho	US
Current population (2012)	80,386	3rd	1,595,728	313,914,040
Size in square miles	26.8	5th	82,643.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,802.8	4th	19	87.4

Age Demographics
	Meridian	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents younger than 5	9.3%	13th	7.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	33.4%	6th	26.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.9%	25th	13.3%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Meridian	Rank	Idaho	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	94.5%	6th	88.5%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	33.4%	6th	24.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Meridian	Rank	Idaho	US
Race - White	92.0%	13th	93.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	6th	0.8%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	29th	1.7%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.8%	4th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	19th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.9%	9th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	21st	11.6%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.1%	13th	83.5%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Meridian	Rank	Idaho	US
Female residents	51.0%	16th	50.0%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.5%	18th	5.9%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Meridian	Rank	Idaho	US
Housing units	26,674	3rd	674,394	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.0%	29th	15.1%	25.9%
Households	25,260	3rd	575,497	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	76.3%	5th	70.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$208,200	4th	$171,300	$186,200
People per household	2.8	11th	2.6	2.6

Income Demographics
	Meridian	Rank	Idaho	US
Income per capita	$26,662	5th	$22,788	$27,915
Income per household	$63,388	3rd	$46,890	$52,762
Income below poverty line	5.9%	31st	14.3%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Meridian	Rank	Idaho	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	8,078	2nd	151,671	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,329,012	4th	$20,526,631	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,688	11th	$13,691	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$117,474	4th	$2,415,951	$613,795,732